Al Hill

Al Hill

Co-Founder & CEO, TradingSim

Alton Hill is the Co-Founder of TradingSim with over 18 years of trading experience. He completed the Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford’s D.School and brings expertise in Product Development to create the best trading simulation experience. His strategy focuses on trend-following systems, targeting high-volatility stocks with strong primary trends using the 15-minute chart.

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The Definition of a Successful Day Trader

What a loaded question? Many traders just close their eyes and begin imagining all of the fancy Bugattis they will be buying with all their new...

The Definition of a Successful Day Trader

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How to Improve your Trade Entry and Execution

When you review your historical trades, you will notice that given a better entry price, your loser could have actually been a winner. It’s like...

How to Improve your Trade Entry and Execution
7 ways to prevent overtrading | TradingSim

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7 Ways to Prevent Overtrading

  Definition of Overtrading
7 Ways to Prevent Overtrading
How to Successfully Swing Trade for a Living | TradingSim

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How to Successfully Swing Trade for a Living

For those fans of the Tradingsim blog, you know that we focus heavily on day trading.  However, I want to take some time to start discussing swing...

How to Successfully Swing Trade for a Living
Stop Limit Orders How To | TradingSim

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Stop Limit Orders – How to Execute and Why Traders Use Them

I exclusively use stop limit orders to enter day trades.  This is because I trade breakout strategies and I like to wait for the price to exceed the...

Stop Limit Orders – How to Execute and Why Traders Use Them
4 Strategies for How to Use the Volume Oscillator | TradingSim

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4 Strategies for How to Use the Volume Oscillator

Fans of the Tradingsim blog know that I am big on volume.  Volume is probably one of the oldest off chart technical indicators you will find in ...

4 Strategies for How to Use the Volume Oscillator